[DECtalk] Sample text

Brandon Misch bmisch2002 at gmail.com
Fri Feb 11 08:11:10 EST 2011


i even got it to work on my dectalk usb and it didn't sound like 4.40 at all 

On Feb 11, 2011, at 5:38 AM, Pitermach wrote:

> couldn't agree more as well. This is why I don't use dectalk in mobile 
> speak...
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at insightbb.com>
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 2:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Sample text
> 
> 
>> I definitely agree with you there.
>> Jayson
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Brandon Misch" <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
>> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 8:07 PM
>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Sample text
>> 
>> 
>>> i think 4.3 sounds best out of all of those.
>>> 
>>> On Feb 10, 2011, at 7:52 PM, Jayson Smith wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> Check out this URL. Includes sample.txt which is the sample text I 
>>>> posted
>>>> earlier, and files 43.wav, 461.wav, and 464.wav with version 4.3, 4.61
>>>> and
>>>> 4.64 respectively synthesizing the text.
>>>> http://www.bluegrasspals.com/decsamples.zip
>>>> Jayson
>>>> 
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Brandon Misch" <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 5:21 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Sample text
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> hey can someone put this into mp3 so we can see how the newer versions
>>>>> handle this stuff?
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Feb 10, 2011, at 3:41 PM, Jayson Smith wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I've created a sample text for testing. This speaks very briefly with
>>>>>> each
>>>>>> of the nine factory default voices, then speaks a few sentences each
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> several of the voices from the DECtalk rendition of Red Dwarf. The Red
>>>>>> Dwarf
>>>>>> voices were designed to be used with DECtalk 4.3 and don't sound quite
>>>>>> right
>>>>>> in 4.61 or 4.64 in some cases. In general, my opinion is that several
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> factory voices sound different in the 4.6X versions than they did in
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> Digital versions. For example, Wendy doesn't, in fact, whisper. 
>>>>>> Anyway,
>>>>>> here's the text.
>>>>>> Jayson
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> [:phoneme on]
>>>>>> [:np] [:ra 250]
>>>>>> Hello. This is the factory default Paul voice. I will now test the
>>>>>> other
>>>>>> voices.
>>>>>> [:nb] I'm Betty, the default female voice.
>>>>>> [:nh] I'm Huge Harry.
>>>>>> [:nd] I'm Doctor Dennis.
>>>>>> [:nf] I'm Frank.
>>>>>> [:nu] I'm Ursula.
>>>>>> [:nr] I'm Rita.
>>>>>> [:nw] I'm Whispering Wendy.
>>>>>> [:nk] and I'm Kit the Kid.
>>>>>> [:np]
>>>>>> Okay, let's test a few custom voices.
>>>>>> [:nf] [:dv br 0 la 0 sr 100 hr 100 ap 150 pr 95] [:ra 220] This is the
>>>>>> voice
>>>>>> of Rimmer from Red Dwarf.
>>>>>> Lister, we are being tested! I don't know what to do!
>>>>>> [:nf] [:ra 240] [:dv br 0 hs 95 ap 100 as 100 pr 220 hr 30 sr 30] This
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> Lister.
>>>>>> Rimmer! Come over here and help me with this new speech synthesizer!
>>>>>> [:np] [:dv as 0 bf 0 la 20 nf 00 ri 100 sm 0 hr 0 sr 0] [:ra 220] This
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> Holly.
>>>>>> This is an important announcement. All persons aboard this ship are to
>>>>>> report to the voice calibration office at once. That is all.
>>>>>> [:np] [:dv br 100 lx 100 bf 100 hr 100 sr 100 as 100 qu 100 ap 110 pr
>>>>>> 150
>>>>>> sx
>>>>>> 1 la 0]  [:ra 210] This is the voice of the toaster.
>>>>>> I don't know where this voice calibration office is. Does anyone want
>>>>>> some
>>>>>> toast?
>>>>>> [:np] [:dv sm 1 hs 90  br 0 ri 0 la 0] [:ra 250] I'm the cat.
>>>>>> Who says my voice needs to be calibrated? I want fishies!
>>>>>> [:nd] [:dv as 0 bf 0 la 20 nf 00 ri 100 hr 0 sr 0] [:ra 220] I'm Queeg
>>>>>> 500.
>>>>>> None of you have any credit, so you may not use the voice calibrator.
>>>>>> [:nu] [:dv as 1 bf 10 la 30 nf 10 ri 100 sm 50 hr 100 sr 20 ap 130]
>>>>>> [:ra
>>>>>> 240] I'm the newer voice of Holly.
>>>>>> I'm picking something up. It's another ship. Its name is Deck Talk or
>>>>>> something very close. They have been conducting an experiment on us 
>>>>>> all
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> time. That would explain why we've been saying all these silly things.
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> knew I was having trouble finding a record of any voice calibration
>>>>>> office
>>>>>> on Red Dwarf.
>>>>>> 
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